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Puan Malania Binti Matuya has handled full trials at lower courts and appeal at higher courts both civil and criminal cases . Her areas of practice ranges from :

MALANIA MATUYA

Advocate & Solicitor , High Court of Malaya
DIIA ( Investment ) UiTM , LL . B . ( Hons ) UiTM , LL . M . ( UiTM )
• Matrimonial cases . Represented a client in a high profile divorce case . Successfully represented a client in an annulment of marriage on ground of mistaken identity ; and other divorce matters .
• Succession . Handled various succession cases upon death . Successfully denied a murder convict from claiming property of murdered wife and instead granted property to surviving child .
• Personal injury . Successfully represented clients in insurance claim against Insurance company ; and insurance claim against an airline over accident .
• Bankruptcy . Represented corporate clients on bankruptcy petitions . Represented clients for discharge of bankruptcy .
• Contractual disputes . Represented clients over personal oral contracts with recorded oral evidence tendered during trials . Successfully defended tenants over abandoning rented property and non payment of rent . Represented client in an action brought against him over claims on shares trading facilities .
• Election disputes . Assisted a team of lawyers and successfully defended against a petition for annulment of election result .
She is passionate with her work in litigation and keeps decorum with other practitioners . She is an avid writer and is meticulous in her research and contributes to the firms newsletter . Upon obtaining her Master of Laws in 2011 , she gave lectures in Business Law at UCSI Cheras for its MBA programme and at the Faculty of Engineering UiTM for its undergraduates programme .
She was an active committee member at her residence association , a member of AWAM , was a member of SABATA ( Sabah Anti-Tuberculosis Association ), was a member of SWEPA ( Sabah Women Entrepreneur and Professional Association ), was a Women Division Head of a political party at the Federal Territory of Labuan and was a Central Committee member . She was also a councillor at the Papar District , Sabah . She is currently the Secretary for a PTA at an international school . She is an environmentalist who loves hiking and enjoys the sound and smell of nature .
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